Saturday, May 25, 2013
News | Laurent Nkunda
| DRC And Nkunda Have Agreed On a Fragile Cease-Fire | |
VOA News - September 9, 2007 | |
After days of heavy fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and renegade General Laurent Nkunda, the two sides reached an agreement on Thursday (9-6-07) to observe a cease-fire. The two sides have reportedly agreed to solve their differences through dialogue. | |
| DRC-RWANDA: Good neighbourliness a long way off - analyst | |
IRIN - September 7, 2007 | |
 | The recent meeting between senior Rwandan and Congolese officials saw some agreement on strategies to minimise tension between the two countries, but did not achieve a breakthrough to firmly deal with the rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an analyst said. |
| North Kivu: More than 10,000 displaced after latest clashes | |
MONUC - September 6, 2007 | |
 | At its weekly press conference on Wednesday 5 September 2007, MONUC underlined its concern with the security situation in North Kivu province in eastern DRC since 27 August last, where clashes in Masisi and Rutshuru between the FARDC and dissident General Laurent Nkunda's forces have left more than 10,000 people displaced. |
| Democratic Republic of Congo Rebels Call for Cease Fire | |
VOA News - September 6, 2007 | |
 | In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the rebel leader of the National Congress for the People's Defense, General Laurent Nkunda, has called on the government to stop attacking his rebels and come to the peace-negotiating table. His call came after the government, backed by the United Nations, attacked rebel positions with helicopter gunships in two parts of North Kivu province. The rebels are also asking the international community to put pressure on the Kinshasa government to come to the peace table. |
| Congolese Accuse UN of Failing to Halt Fighting | |
VOA News - September 5, 2007 | |
 | Residents in eastern Congo say the United Nations peacekeeping mission is not doing enough to stop the clashes that erupted this week between the army and renegade forces. The fighting has left dozens dead, and forced thousands of people to flee eastern villages. |
| Fresh Fighting Erupts in Eastern Congo | |
VOA News - September 4, 2007 | |
Fresh clashes erupted in eastern Congo Monday between government forces and renegade troops, forcing large numbers of civilians to flee. | |
| Concern as violence causes more displacement in North Kivu | |
IRIN - September 4, 2007 | |
| The UN Refugee Agency has expressed concern over the plight of thousands of civilians forced to flee worsening tension and fighting in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). |
| Rebel group attacks gov't troops, takes control of Rubaya district in E. DRC | |
Xinhua - August 30, 2007 | |
 | Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 's district of Rubaya in the region of Masisi in the eastern province of North-Kivu has been taken over by troops loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda after fierce clashes with DRC armed forces (FARDC), according to sources. |
| Congolese population influx into Uganda | |
OCHA - August 29, 2007 | |
 | On Tuesday 21 August some 10,000 displaced Congolese crossed the border from Rutshuru area in eastern DRC's north Kivu province into the Ugandan district of Kisoro in southwestern Uganda. While the majority numbering approximately 8,500 persons had returned home two days later on 23 August, approximately 1,500 Congolese remained in Uganda, the majority of them being women and children. |
| Fighting Follows Deadly DRC Ambush | |
VOA News - August 28, 2007 | |
 | Government troops in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have exchanged fire with dissident fighters after several soldiers were killed in an ambush. As violence increases, U.N. officials are warning that hundreds of thousands of people could swell the number of displaced people in the unstable region. |
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